ABRACADABRA, by Juan Arabia

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Juan Arabia (b.1983 in Buenos Aires, Argentina) is a poet, translator and literary critic. He studied Social Sciences at the University of Buenos Aires and is now the director and publisher of Buenos Aires Poetry.

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Abracadabra

I’ll pawn my heart for a bird
and from it new stars
will fall for the world.

Because I still travel
—I’m a stranger—
bridges in cities
fall silent and shun me.

I’ll hide from atrocities
and injustices
until the dawn turns rosy
and heals itself.